,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,cloud 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,babin1 ,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona1 ,mr4   
,crenshaw1 ,mr4 ,donalds1 ,mr4 ,downing1
 ,mr4 ,edwards1 ,mr4 ,evans of          
,colorado1 ,ms4 ,foxx1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,ms4
 ,mace1 ,mr4 ,nehls1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,ms4 
,van ,duyne1 ,mr4 ,schmidt1 and ,mr4    
,webster of ,florida7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the ,department of ,justice    
from bringing a civil action against a  
,state under section #i or #aj of the   
,act of ,march #c1 #ahii1 for certain   
border security measures1 and for other 

purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,preventing ,aliens 
,through ,rivers or ,land ,act or the   
,,patrol ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on     
civil action for certain border security
 measures  7a7 ,in general ,the         
,attorney ,general may not bring or     
maintain a civil action 7including an   
action that is pending on the date of   
enactment of this ,act7 under section #i
 or #aj of the ,act of ,march #c1 #ahii 
7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #dja2 #djc71 against a   
,state for any measure undertaken by the
 ,state to build1 construct1 erect1 or  
otherwise install a barrier along the   
international border of the ,state for  
the purpose of-- 7#a7 preventing aliens 
from entering the ,state in violation of
 the immigration laws2 or  7#b7         
protecting the territory of the ,state4 
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,alien ,the term alien has the meaning  
given such term in section #aja of the  
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74  7#b7 ,barrier ,the   

term barrier means any physical         
structure intended to secure the border1
 including a wall1 fence1 or floating   
buoy4  7#c7 ,immigration laws ,the term 
immigration laws has the meaning given  
such term in section #aja of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja74